There are two keys to successful social cocktailing on America’s favorite Mexican holiday. The first is quality tequila, and the second is ease of mass preparation. This is a festival of pitchers more than pint glasses, and you should fill yours this Cinco de Mayo with the Peach-a-Rita ($12), as presented by Isla Mexican Kitchen & Tequila Bar at Treasure Island.
Instead of salt, the Peach-a-Rita’s cinnamon-sugar rim makes the blue agave medicine go down in a most delightful way. This sugar bomb continues with frozen peaches, rock-candy syrup and grenadine, packing a sugar high along with its boozy rush. Blend up a batch for your homestyle fiesta or check in at Isla to celebrate Mexican heritage and pride in style.
Peach-a-Rita
Ingredients:
2 oz. Espolón Reposado Tequila
2 oz. peach schnapps
3 oz. Tumbleweed margarita mix
1 oz. grenadine
1 1/2 oz. rock candy syrup
4-6 frozen peach slices
1 scoop of cubed ice
Cinnamon-sugar (for rim)
Method: Pour the ingredients into a blender and blend on high for 30 seconds. Rim glass with cinnamon-sugar. Pour and serve.
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